Floating Our Boat Blog
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Hi, we are Fran and Rich, we love writing the journal about the narrowboat Laura Maisie. So we thought we'd share with you our thoughts, ideas, passions, and reflections about our daily life.
Floating Our Boat Blog
9h ago
This morning I woke up at 4am, before first light had broken and lay in bed for some time battling with restless legs and stifling a cough so as not to disturb Rich. I used to suffer really badly with insomnia in my past ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
2M ago
I want to start this blog by sharing a conversation which took place between us early one morning in Plantation Wood on the outskirts of Ellesmere. It was a beautiful day and we had almost found the piece of woodland by ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
6M ago
Today as I write this blog, Rich is out for a gallavant with our friend and photographer Simon Booth. Simon is always keen on an early start to capture those precious rays of dawn light so Rich was up and out before 6 am ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
8M ago
It is now nine months since we first arrived on the Leeds-Liverpool canal after nearly four years of trying to get here. Each year we were thwarted in our attempt to head north either by floods, covid or closures and eve ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
11M ago
It is the beginning of a new era for us now that we have one foot in the soil and the other on our boat. We have hoped for so long for a piece of land to grow on and really had begun to think it would not happen in time ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
1y ago
As we move into April we are really feeling the urge to move on to a different area. We have been cruising up and down between Kildwick, Skipton and Gargrave since November, partly due to stoppages ahead but mainly becau ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
1y ago
One of the most common questions asked of us, living year round on a boat is, “is it cold on a narrowboat?” And we all brightly reply, “No it’s lovely and warm”, with a big smile. But if you had asked me last night you ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
1y ago
Can life get any slower? The answer is always yes but not always through choice. We have had quite a fast-moving summer mainly due to the long distances we had to travel on the river Trent and Sleaford navigation, so as ..read more
Floating Our Boat Blog
1y ago
Six weeks ago we broke away from the main canal system and began our journey on rivers as we head north on the river Trent. We have always enjoyed being on rivers from our first adventures on the upper Thames to Lechlad ..read more